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Shaine Mata




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Shaine Mata's Life List

  2. 1. graduate from college
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		5,883 people
  3. 2. weigh 130 pounds
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		138 people
  4. 3. Start my own business
    3 entries . 6 cheers     		8,288 people
  5. 4. Get organized
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		5,794 people
  6. 5. Volunteer
    6 cheers     		4,655 people
  7. 6. Buy a House
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		12,158 people
  8. 7. write a book
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		24,978 people
  9. 8. ride my bike more
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		958 people
  10. 9. Find my purpose in life
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		807 people
  11. 10. Become Financially Independent
    3 cheers     		5,155 people
  12. 11. go to church regularly
    2 cheers     		231 people
  13. 12. get out of debt
    3 cheers     		10,552 people
  14. 13. see the northern lights
    1 cheer     		16,413 people
  15. 14. Go back to Big Bend.
    		3 people
  16. 15. sell my books on ebay
    1 cheer     		2 people
  17. 16. save $5000
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		167 people
  18. 17. live simply
    4 entries . 1 cheer     		3,208 people
  19. 18. Be a better blogger
    2 entries     		1,462 people
  20. 19. Get more people to read my Blog
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		723 people
  21. 20. take pictures
    1 entry     		226 people
  22. 21. live in England
    2 entries     		467 people
  23. 22. Visit Ireland
    2 cheers     		2,373 people
  24. 23. skydive
    2 cheers     		9,866 people
  25. 24. learn to SCUBA dive
    1 cheer     		2,508 people
  26. 25. be a better podcaster
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		15 people
  27. 26. Learn to play the piano
    3 cheers     		7,145 people
  28. 27. read harry potter
    1 cheer     		80 people
  29. 28. go to las vegas
    1 cheer     		538 people
  30. 29. go hiking
    1 cheer     		568 people
  31. 30. go on a cruise
    1 cheer     		3,903 people
  32. 31. 40 push ups
    4 entries     		1 person
  33. 32. run a marathon
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		9,919 people
  34. 33. learn statistics
    3 cheers     		41 people
  35. 34. engage in cheer wars with people to help them reach 1000 cheers given
    11 team members . 5 cheers     		7 people
  36. 35. continue to sing, and sing better
    3 cheers     		56 people
  37. 36. learn to play golf
    1 cheer     		424 people
  38. 37. ride in a 24 hour mountain bike race
    2 team members . 1 cheer     		4 people
  39. 38. learn cost accounting
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		8 people
  40. 39. learn mandarin
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		1,189 people

How I did it
How to wake up at 5 am
It took me
2 weeks
It made me
Effective

How I did it: Knowing my ability to turn off an alarm in my sleep, I put the alarm across the room so I would have to get out of bed to turn it off. It only takes a few days to get used to it and a couple of weeks for it to be easier. Read how I did it…

Jan 11, 09:57PM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


Recent entries
40 push ups (read all 4 entries…)
change of tactics 2 years ago

I’m doing sets of 20 daily. The goal is to make it as easy to do 20 as possible. That is, I want to be able to do 20 as quickly as possible. I don’t want the last few to be a struggle. If I miss a day, I’ll do another set of 20.

Apr 28, 2007, 05:39AM PDT | 2 comments


wake up at 5 am (read all 4 entries…)
Still waking up at 5 am 2 years ago

Just to keep everybody updated, I am still waking up at 5 am. At this point, the waking up part is much easier than it was before. The only drawback to my experiment is that staying awake is sometimes a problem. The issue stems from working late or not going to bed early. When I work until midnight or later, it doesn’t give me much time to rest and be back at work the next day. Do that consecutively, and it wears you down. I’ve resorted to napping after waking up. I’ll wake up at 5 AM to keep with the challenge, but then I’ll nap for an hour from 6 to 7 to make up an extra hour of sleep. On days like today, when I have enough sleep, at least 6 hours, staying awake is not a problem.

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Apr 28, 2007, 05:31AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Get more people to read my Blog (read all 2 entries…)
Offline advertising 2 years ago

I ordered some Moo cards to help promote http://shainemata.net, which seems to be working. Since I started the site, I’ve been getting more and more traffic. There are other blogs for which I have not written in a while that are still getting more visitors. However, if the trend continues, I’ll be passing them soon.

Apr 21, 2007, 11:24PM PDT | 0 comments


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eat my lunch in the snow have a flat stomach Make new friends learn a Korean karaoke song, including the hangul lyrics stop wasting time Buy a Telescope Improve my geography adopt an animal learn a second language brahma wants to Learn astronomy whiten my teeth paint a self portrait exercise regularly Finish Anna Karenina finish high school S a r a h wants to Read one book a month learn reiki Finish my website bathe in a waterfall streak meet alicia simmons Host a dinner party lose 50 pounds visit all 50 states snowboard reinvent myself start a savings account
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